Game-score register



July 29, 1924'.

DE wrrT Fox GAME SCORE REGISTER '-Filed Jah. 6. 1923 2 Sheetsf-'Sheet 1 I July 29 1924.-

1,502,662 DE WITT Fox- GAME SCORE REGISTER Filed Jan. 6, 1923 2 Sheets-Shes?. 2

vwamtoz I l such hole and upon manually Patented July 29, 1924.

v:DE WITT FOX, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

GAME-secan REGISTER.

Application led January 8, 1923. Serial No. 610,991.

To all 'whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, DE WITT Fox, a citizen of the United States, and resident of New York city, in the county of New York and State, of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Game- Score Registers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for registering numbers and is particularly adapted for use'in scoring or registering the number of strokes of players in playin a game of golf, such as the strokes in p aying from hole tohole, as well as total strokes, for the out `and in trips of the game.

In carrying out my invention I provide a frame or. case with series of scoring indicators having appropriate numerals thereon with corresponding apertures in the frame or case through which appropriate numbers of the several -indicators may appear, and I provide a movable member suitably guided y said frame or case and adapted to be manually operated to separately actuate the number indicators of a series as desired to cause their numbers to appear through the corresponding aperture. For instance, for each golf hole that is played said member may e manually moved into cooperation with a number indicator'corres'onding to irectly rotating said member it will cause rotation of the corresponding indicator to cause the re- -quired number to. appear through the corresponding aperture o the frame, for scoring the play, and so on for each succeeding hole of the golf course. In a perferred form of my invention I. rovide two series of scoring indicators in tlie form of number disks spaced apart with corresponding apertures for said indicators in the frame or case, a

wall of the frame or` case being provided with guiding means, preferablyin theform ofa longitudinally disposed slot located between the series `of number disks and lateraglly disposed slots or enlar ements communicating with the longitu inal slot 'and extending on opposite sides thereof toward the series of Vnumber disks, said lateral slots or enlargements corresponding to the number disks, and a manually operable-memberhaving a shaft adapted to travel in such Aslots and .provided with a pinion adapted to enga e teeth upon the peripheries'of said disks, w ereby said member with its pinionl is free to be moved along said slots'to mesh the pinion with the teeth of either of the disks to cause rotation of the latter in accordance with the score to be registered with respect to each of nine holes of the golf course, one of such series of disks corresponding to one player and the other series of disks corresponding to the opponent. By preference, totaling number disks are also provided in association with each series of scoring disks to represent the total score of the out and in plays, said longitudinal slot having appropriate lateral slots to ac' embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view, one of the walls of the frame or casebeing removed;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross section substantially on the plane of line 3, 3, in Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is an enlarged section substantially on .the planeof line 4, 4, in Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail View;

Fig. 6 illustrates modified means for retainingthe movable member;

Fig. 7 is a detail of a modified support for the number disks;

Fig. 8 lis a detail of a further modification;

Fig. 9 is a face view illustrating a register arranged to permit a single disk-actuating member to be used on opposite sides of the register;

Fig. 10 is a `section on line 10, 10, in Fig. 9; v

Fig. 11 is a fragmentary view, one of the outer walls being remove Fig. 12 is a sectional detail illustrating a modification, and Fig.- 13 is a sectional detail of another modification.

Fig. 1 is a face view of apgame register l Similar numerals of reference indicate A of disks may be confined in a relatively short Space 'of limited height to reduce the size of "the device. The bearings of thev disks 2 may be formed by punching the material of the arms 3 laterallyA in tubular form, at 5, and

swaging the ends thereof over the disks in the nature of eyelets, as indicated in Fig. 3.

'The disks 2 are shown provided with teeth 6- on their peripheries, and at 7 are springs bearing against said teeth to retain the disks in set position. The support 1 carrying the number disks is preferably enclosed within a' frame-or casing comprising spaced walls 8 on opposite sides of said support, and the parts 1 and 8 may be secured together by means of screws or rivets 9 passing through said walls and through support 1 to clamp the parts together, the `edges'of'thewalls 8 preferably being curved toward support 1 to clamp the margin of the latter. The parts 1 and 8 provide a suitable frame or casing to enclose the number disks. Wall 8 is provided with vspaced perforations 10 shown in a row and 1n such relation that the numbers on disks 2 may show through the n respective perforations located over the corresponding disks. `I have shown nine disks and nine apertures 10 in a row for indicat- Y ing respectively the score made for the several holes of a golf course. In the. examplel illustrated, two spaced serles of number; disks 2 having nine disks in each seriesandi two corresponding rows of holes 10* are shown to correspond to a player and an opponent, on one side of the frame or case. The same arrangement maybe'made on opposite sides of the frameforcase, and on one face of the latter the word Out may be applied and on the other side the word In-v may be applied, foruse in scoring the out row of number disks 2l the wall 8 is provided with a longitudinal slot'll substantially parallel to and spaced from the edges of a row of number disks,and at l1a the slot 11 is provided with laterally extending slots or enlargements that are so disposed'as to correspond with the adjacent number disks 2. there being a lateral slot or enlargement Il for each of the number disks. In the example illustrated, lateral slotsl or enlargements 11iL are correspondingly disposed on opposite sides of the longitudinal slot 11 corresponding to the two series of number disks 2.

A movable member` is indicated at 12, shown in the form or' a finger piece, adapted to cause the .pini'o' the number disks to enable the pinion 14 to be meshed with the teeth of said disks.. By preference-the shaft' 13 is free to be moved through slot l11 and in the portions 11a adjacent thereto, and by preference I provide means to obstruct the free passage of said shaft to the outer extremity of the slots or enlargements 11a so that the pinion 14 will not accidentally engage the teeth of the number disks, and yet the pinion may be forced into engagement with said disks. For such purpose I have shown a spring plate 15 secured upon support 1 at one side of a row of number disks, as by screws or rivets at opposite ends of said plate, 'indicated at 16, which spring plateis inclined from support 1 toward the number disks in position.

to engage the end of shaft 13 projecting beyond pinion 14 when said shaft is pushed toward the outer ends: of the slots or enlarge- 'ments 11a, so that'the Shaft will have to be pushed against Ithe-re'sistence of the spring te mesh with the teeth of the-number 1disks,`="(see Fig. 3). Said :spring will preferably make but slight engagement with shaft 13 when the latter travelsathrough; .longitudinal slots 11. The

.spring'lplateris shown-'provided with lat.- erally disposed recesses; at 16, correspondto""an.d registering with the lateral slots "cj-rfjenlargements 11,.whi'chrecesses serve to aidv in guiding the shaft' toward the disks and to steady that shaft inthe nature of a bearing. Instead of using the spring member 16 to resist the member 12 said member may be provided witha washer-12a to bear againstv the'inner surface of wall 8 and a spring 12b bearing against said washer, -being shown interposed between said washer and pinion (Fig. 6), whereby frictional resistance is provided'between member 12 and wall 8 to prevent said member from moving around loosely. A

Along the rows of apertures 10 I preferably provide wall 8 with consecutive numbers, indicated at A, corresponding to the nine golf holes oa golf course. For each row of number disks I preferably provide at least two totalling disks 17 18, arranged adjacent to the end of each series of number disks beyond the aperture 10 that corresponds to the indication for the ninth golf hole. Thedisks 17, 18 may be supported by the manner before described. The wall 8` is provided with apertures 19, 20 for the totalling disks which are provided with numbers representing any desired digits, say from 1 to 10, to show through the apertures 19, 20, respectively. The word Total may be applied upon wall 8 adjacent to the totalling disks, as shown in Fig. 1. The

slot 11 extends sulliciently beyond the slotsA or enlargements 11a for the number disks 2 to communicate with transverse slots 11h provided with lateral enlargements or slots 11C, 11d,.corresponding respectively to the totalling disks 17, 18, so that the pinion 14 may be passed along such slots for engagement with the totalling disks.

Where two series of number disks with their corresponding apertures 10 in wall 8 are arranged on one side of the device a simple form is provided for. the use of two players for registering a golf score when playing either out or in Where it is desired to keep a record of two players both going out and coming in the device may be provided with two series of number disks and totalling disks and'their corresponding apertures and slots on opposite sides of support 1, with a member 12 and its pinion 14 for each side of the device, as indicated in Fig. 3, whereby the scores for both players may be registered on one side of the device when going out and on the other sidev of the device when coming in.

When using the register, when a hole has been played,'a player will move the member 12 into the slot or enlargement 11* corresponding to the number disk representing such hole of the golf course and cause the pinion .14 to engage the teeth of the corresponding disk 2 and by rotatingsaid pinion he will cause the numeral on such disk representing the strokes of his play to appear through the corresponding aperture 10 and said member 12 will also be moved to enter the corresponding slot 11a on the opposite side of s lot 11 to correspondingly operate the disk 2 of the other player, or the opponent, to indicate his play at such golf hole on the corresponding disk 2. The member 12 then will be moved away from the disk 2l and left free in the slot of the counter so that there will not be danger of displacement of the reviously set disks 2. At the termination oil-the play of each hole lthe corresponding disks 2 will be operated to show the number of strokes of such plays, and after the nine holes have been played the numbers oppearing through a series of apertures 10 may be counted and by adjusting the pinion-14 in connection with the corresponding totalling disks 17, 18 the'total score of the corresponding player may be indicated on the last named disks through the apertures 19 and 20.

Where both sides of the register are toibe utilized for scoring, and to enable a single member 12 to be used, I provide slot 11 continuously disposed along the walls 8 on opposite sides of the register with means at one or bot-h ends Aof the register to permit member 12 to pass from slot '11 on one .side of the register to slotl 11 on the other side thereof, as shown in Figs. 9 to 12. For such purposes the walls 8 on each side of the register are shown made in two parts so spaced as to provide the slot 11 therebetween,l and at the ends of said walls the material thereof, at' 8, is extended laterally for a short distance at 8b (Fig. 10), and extended forwardly ina suitable arc so that extending portions 8a are opposed and spaced apart to provide the slots 11 with the extending portions 11c which meet or register at the endsl of the parts 8, whereby the longitudinal slots are continuous on opposite sides and at one or' both ends of the register. In order that member 12 may fit snugly along wall v8, as by means of the washer 12s and spring 12", and have properguidance in the portions 11e of the slot, I provide member 12 with a recess 12c in position to receive the edges of slotl portion 11 at the projecting portions 8a of walls 8, whereby when member 12 is carried through the end of slot 11 the recess 12c will enter slot 11e and thereby the portions 8a will guide said member beyond the number disks, so that said member may be carried from the slot 11 on 'one side to the 'slot 11 on the other side, in manner indicated in Fig. 10, whereby pinion 14 may be used to engage the disks on either side of the register, according to which direction of play4 is to be scored. It will be noted that the support 1 that is located between the outer walls 8 of Figs. 9 to 12 is sufficiently short respecting theprojections 8* to enable the member 12with its pinion, when guided by the slot 11e, to pass around the end of such support from one wall 8 to the other.

lVhile I have illustrated the lateral slots 11l extending from the longitudinal slot 11 as of considerable length, in the form shown in Figsl to 11, the edges of slot 11 may be of any desired shape which will enable the member v12 to be moved from slot 11 toward the number disks`2 without unduly widening slot 11 in which the shaft or guiding portion of member 12 travels. In Fig. 12 the material at'the side edges of slot 11 is shown more or less sinuous having laterally extending enlargements or osets at '11 which correspond to the slots 11 but are notso deep. yet serve at the bottom por: tionsas guidingmeans to retain the shaft 13 of member 12 in position as a bearing for the shaft when lpinion 14 engages a number disk 2, I

Instead of making the number indicators in the form of ordinary disks the indicators may have vany other desired form, such as rolls or cylinders, indicated at 2 in Fig. 13, having the indicating or scoring numerals on their circumferences. Said indicators may be mounted to rotate upon studs 5a extending from the walls 8, and said indicators are shown provided with gears 6a to mesh with pinion 14 of member 12, the latter being guided in slot or slots 11, 11, as before explained.

The term indicators as used by me is intended to include elements bearing scoring numerals either in theform of disks, cylinders, rolls or their equivalent to indicate scores through the apertures l() of the frame or case.

My invention is not limited to the details of construction set forth, as the same may be varied, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having now what I claim is:

l. A register comprising a series of longitudinally disposed number indicators, a manually rotative member movable independently of said indicators, said indicators and member having cooperative means for actuating each of the former independently by the latter, and means to Guide said member longitudinally along and laterally to said indicators.

2. A register comprising a series of independent number indicators having teeth, a manually rotative member movable independently respecting said indicators and provided with a pinion to engage the teeth of each of said indicators, the register having a slot provided with lateral enlargements corresponding to the indicators to guide said member alongand laterally to said indicators independently.

3. A register comprising a series of number indicators having corresponding edges in substantial alignment, a manually movable member provided with means to operate each of said indicators, the register having a slot provided with lateral enlargements corresponding to the indicators to guide said member along the sides of said indicators and independently toward each described my invention.

` indicator for cooperation therewith.

4. A register comprising a wall provided with spaced apertures, a series of number indicators, means to support said indicators adjacentto said Wall and its apertures to show a number oneach indicator through a corresponding aperture, a manually rotative member movable with respect. to said indicators, means cooperative between said member and said indicators for operating either of the latter' independently of the others, the register having Va slot provided with lateral enlargements corresponding to the indicators to guide said member with relation to said series of indicators and.

laterally toward each of the indicators for operation of the latten.

5. A register' comprising a wall provided with spaced apertures, a series of number indicators, means to support said indicators adjacent to said wall and its apertures to show a number on each indicator through a-correspondingaperture, a member movable with respect to said indicators, means cooperative between said member and said indicators foroperating either of the latter independently of the others, said wall having a slot spaced from said indicators and extending in the direction thereof, said slot having enlargements extending toward each of the indicators, said member having means operable in said slot and enlargements for guiding the member toward said indicators independently.

6. A register comprising a wall provided with a plurality of spaced series of apertures, a plurality of spaced series of number indicators, means rotatively supporting said indicators with relation to said apertures to show numbers through the corresponding apertures, a member movable with relation to all of said indicators and provided with means to operate said indicators, and

means to guide said member between two,V

series of said indicators and 'toward and from cach of said indlcators.

7. A register comprising a wall provided-V` 'T with a plurality of' spaced series of apertures, a plurality of spaced seresotnu'mber indicators, means rotatively supporting said indicators with relation to said apertures to show numbers through the corresponding apertures, a member movable with relation to all of said indicators and provided with means to operateY said indicators, said wall having a longitudinal slot between said sef ries of indicators,ls aid slot having enlargements extendingo'n f'opposite sides thereof toward the corresponding indicators, said member having means guiding it for movement in said slot? toward and from corresponding indicatrs. f

8. A register comprising a wall provided with spaced apertures and having a longitudinal slot extending substantially parallel to said apertures, said slot having lateral kooi-- enlargements extending toward corresponding apertures, a series of number indicators,

means to support said indicators with rela.- tion to said apertures to show numbers on the indicators through'correspondlng apertures, means cooperative with said indicators to retain theminset positlon, a member y having a shaft movable in said slot and provided with means to cooperate with each of said indicators, and a sV ring member cooperative with said mova le member, said spring member being located in position lto engage said member.- when its pinion 1s 1n mesh with any of said indicators.

9. A register comprisin a wall provided with spaced apertures anfgl having a longitudinal slot extending substantially parallel to said apertures, said slot having lateral enlargements extending toward corresponding apertures, a series of number indicators, means to support said indicators with relation to said apertures to show numbers on the indicators through corresponding apertures, means cooperative with said indicators to retain them in set position, a member having ashaft movable in said slot and provided With means to cooperate with each of said indicators, and a spring member cooperative with said movable member, said spring member being located in position tov engage said member when it engages any of said indicators, said spring member having depressions corresponding to said lateral enlargements.

10. A register comprising a support, Walls spaced from said support on opposite sides tiereof, said Walls having series of spaced apertures, number indicators supported on opposite sides of said support in relation to the corresponding apertures to show numbers therethrough, said Walls having slots provided with lateral enlargements extending toward the corresponding indicators, and movable members having shafts operable in said slots, said shafts being provlded with means to actuate the`corresponding 1 indicators.

lprovided Awith series of spaced apertures,

v correspondin number indicators supported in relation to the corresponding apertures to show numbers therethrough, a movable member adapted to cooperate with each of said indicators, said Walls having longitudinal slots and having projections at their ends spaced apart providing a slot therebetween communicating with the first named slots to guide said member from one of the first named slots to the other.

13. A -register comprising spaced Walls provided with series of spaced apertures, number indicators supported in relation to the corresponding apertures to show numbers therethrough, a movable member adapted to cooperate With each of said indicators, said Walls having longitudinal slots and having projections at their ends o'set from the planes ofthe Walls and curved around the ends thereof, said projections being spaced apart providing a slot communicating With the first named slots, said vmember having a recess to receive the inner 4edges of said proJections to guide the member from one of the irst named slots to the other.

14. A register comprising a wall provided with series of spaced apertures to indicate individual scores and having other apertures to indicate total scores, a series of number indicators corresponding to the first named apertures and a plurality of disks to the second named apertures, a mem er adapted to cooperate with all of said indicators to actuate them independently, said Wall being provided with a slot located with relation to the first named indicators for guiding said member to said indicators, said slot being provided with an extension having enlargements corresponding to said totalling indicators to guide said member from the iirst named slot to the last named indicators.

DE WITT FOX.' 

